Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Savings from school closing have already disappeared
Guest Column • Amy Fankhauser The Howell Township K-8 School District Board of Education and administration have begun next year’s (2010- 11) school budget process, and guess what it will mean to the taxpayers of Howell? Once again the administration is warning that the budget will cost us more than the 4 percent increase the…
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It’s official: Distracted drivers are a menace
Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I was driving down the Turnpike yesterday when a car with U.S. government plates passed me, and the driver was madly interfacing with what looked like some sort of electronic device. Well, I thought, President Obama might have signed an executive order prohibiting people driving government cars from texting…
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Safe banking at the Shore
Guest Column • Mike Moran With all the hubbub in the news over our nation’s financial institutions, is it any surprise that a level of mistrust exists in our country? Indeed, many citizens feel betrayed — not only by some of our political leaders and our longstanding insurance and banking institutions — a number of…
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Emma Singer Wojciechowicz
Mrs. Wojciechowicz, 89, of Sayreville, died Sept. 9, 2009, in Pine Brook Care and Rehabilitation Center, Englishtown. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as head housekeeper at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Stanley Wojciechowicz; three children, Wendy McCrone, and…
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Residents should understand need for health care reform
It is normal human behavior not to act until a full-blown crisis is upon us. That is why many people in the United States would prefer not to tackle comprehensive health care reform at the present time. They are not willing to support across-the-board reform such as the bills currently being proposed in Congress. These…
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JMHS band to host showcase
JACKSON — The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band will host a Showcase of Champions beginning at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 3. The event will take place at the high school football field, Don Connor Boulevard. “There will be 19 high school marching bands participating in this year’s competition,” said Jackson Memorial Band Parents Association…
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Joseph L. Menville
Mr. Menville, 88, of Union Beach, died Sept. 6, 2009, at Bayshore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Holmdel. He served with the Army Signal Corps in World War II. Mr. Menville retired from Williamsburg Savings Bank, Brooklyn, N.Y., as a mortgage supervisor in 1981. He was a fourth degree knight in the Knights of Columbus, St.…
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Chris Christie’s plan will punish criminal office-holders
Now that dozens of elected Democratic officials and operatives have been arrested and charged with corruption in a sweeping investigation begun under Chris Christie’s watch as U.S. attorney, Gov. Jon Corzine has suddenly found the gumption to demand that the accused politicians resign from office and the entrenched interests in Trenton adopt sweeping ethics reforms.…
